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Abby Mann
Highest Rated: 100% The Detective (1968)
Lowest Rated: 43% Report to the Commissioner (1975)
Birthday: Dec 1, 1927
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
This "Golden Age" TV writer has branched out to become an extremely successful producer as well. Born in Philadelphia, Mann served in the Army and attended Temple University and NYU, where he wrote several student productions. He started his career in earnest in the fertile ground of 1950s TV in New York, writing for such now-legendary showcases as "Lucky Strike Theater" (NBC), "Playhouse 90" (CBS) and "Matinee Theater" (NBC) before branching out into films.
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | 78% | 10,000 Black Men Named George | Executive Producer | - | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | 57% | Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story |
Executive Producer, Writer |
- | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | 71% | King | Director | - | 1978 |
| 43% | 58% | Report to the Commissioner | Screenwriter | - | 1975 |
| 100% | 48% | The Detective | Screenwriter | - | 1968 |
| 92% | 74% | A Child Is Waiting | Screenwriter | - | 1963 |
| 92% | 93% | Judgment at Nuremberg | Screenwriter | - | 1961 |